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א אֵיכָה יוּעַם זָהָב יִשְׁנֶא הַכֶּתֶם הַטּוֹב תִּשְׁתַּפֵּכְנָה אַבְנֵי־קֹדֶשׁ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצוֹת

How can shiny gold tarnish? How can the appearance of the fine gold change? The sacred stones are spilled at the head of every street. How is all that was beautiful and precious disgraced and gone to waste?

ב בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן הַיְקָרִים הַמְסֻלָּאִים בַּפָּז אֵיכָה נֶחְשְׁבוּ לְנִבְלֵי־חֶרֶשׂ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי יוֹצֵר

The precious sons of Zion, who were valued as gold, how are they now considered as worthless as earthenware jugs, the handiwork of the hands of the potter?

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